Found!

[altariel]

Yippee! It's true! Two missing episodes of Doctor Who found: The Underwater Menace part 2, and Galaxy 4 part 3. Confirmed by the BBC's official Doctor Who Twitter feed: here. Happy Christmas!

I adore "The Underwater Menace" and am incredibly excited about this one.

ETA: More about finding them from The Radio Times.

Comments

[uitlander]

Wonderful. I thought we'd probably reached the end of 'lost episodes'. I'm afraid Underwater Menace isn't on my top hit list, but the return of any missing episodes is a joy. Now could I ask people to check very carefully down the back of the sofa again for any bits of Power of the Daleks and Web of Fear?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's great. It seems these were episodes that went out to Australia and then came back - which means that there are some cuts. But those shavings are already in archive!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Somehow the episodes returned from Australia to be traded among film collectors in southern England in the 1980s. It does make one wonder what else might be out there.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I just assume that everyone knows that we're still looking for missing episodes. But I suppose it's just that I talk to a lot of people who are particularly interested in the matter.

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

With two episodes turning up at once, I've gone from thinking 'maybe there are two or three more out there' to 'maybe there are half a dozen to a dozen out there'. That's still cautious!